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one national guard unit in iraq made an unusual choice. as bill whittaker reports it took on a life of its own. >> reporter: it's training day for bravo company at the iowa national guard. they do more than teach basics it unif is the team, building bonds that can save lives in battle. the aircraft a 90-foot chinook helicopter. two years ago captain ben winborn and the rest of the company got a call to deploy to iraq. their mission to pack up and ship out cargo the final year of that war. >> we moved it at some point. >> reporter: more than 7,000 flight hours they logged in iraq almost all were at night. why do you fly all night long? >> we're visible during the day. if we can fly around at night and use dark nose our advantage. >> reporter: in iraq the company adopt ad new call sign, night long a unit identity was born and with it something to lighten the mood and inspire the troops. >> we started it as a yoke. somebody printed off a seven sill of lionel ritchey. we knew and enjoyed his song "all night long" and it fit our mission. the re
one national guard unit in iraq made an unusual choice. as bill whittaker reports it took on a life of its own. >> reporter: it's training day for bravo company at the iowa national guard. they do more than teach basics it unif is the team, building bonds that can save lives in battle. the aircraft a 90-foot chinook helicopter. two years ago captain ben winborn and the rest of the company got a call to deploy to iraq. their mission to pack up and ship out cargo the final year of that war....
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bin laden is trying to take our eye off of the real threat, iraq. and so there are presidential daily briefs that are literally saying no, they're wrong. this isn't fake. it's real. >> when a lot of people hear this, aren't they going to say this is another example of where not just the bush administration, but our intelligence community dropped the ball, they failed to heed the warnings that went all the way up to the president of the united states? >> actually, the counterterrorist center of the cia did a spectacular job. and that's what really comes down. in the aftermath, the white house and others said well, they didn't tell us enough. no, they told them everything they needed to know to go on a full alert. and the white house didn't do it. >> senior correspondent john miller, former fbi director joins us now. what do you make of this? >> i think what kirk has stumbled into here is a bit of a well-worn path. we knew some of that. what he has added is the granularity of the actual memos and some of the actual words that were there in front of th
bin laden is trying to take our eye off of the real threat, iraq. and so there are presidential daily briefs that are literally saying no, they're wrong. this isn't fake. it's real. >> when a lot of people hear this, aren't they going to say this is another example of where not just the bush administration, but our intelligence community dropped the ball, they failed to heed the warnings that went all the way up to the president of the united states? >> actually, the...
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obama marked the end of major combat operations in iraq. he never mentioned romney by name friday but he did take on romney's charge at the convention that mr. obama has weakened the standing in the world and let down u.s. allies. >> if you or anyone is trying to say america is in dee cland or the influence waned, don't you believe it. here's the truth. our alliances have never been stronger. at a campaign stop in lakeland, florida, romney accused the president of breaking promises for the debt. to boost incomes. >> you listen to the last guy running for president, he laid out what he would do, he didn't do it. time to give someone new a chance. hold us accountable. >> reporter: obama officials tell us that the president is still working on crafting his campaign speech and that it will not be filled with what they call petty attacks at the swipe of governor romney, but instead, it will make an affirmative case, rebecca and chip for why the president should be re-elected. >> nancy cordes in des moines, iowa. thank you. >>> major garrett is j
obama marked the end of major combat operations in iraq. he never mentioned romney by name friday but he did take on romney's charge at the convention that mr. obama has weakened the standing in the world and let down u.s. allies. >> if you or anyone is trying to say america is in dee cland or the influence waned, don't you believe it. here's the truth. our alliances have never been stronger. at a campaign stop in lakeland, florida, romney accused the president of breaking promises for...
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we captured more libyans in i q iraq, foreign fighters, than from any other arab country. this is roughly a hot bed of this kind of activity. >> charlie? >> charlie rose in new york. do you consider this -- good morning. >> good morning. >> do you consider this a consequence of a failed policy by the president? >> well, i wouldn't call it a failed policy at all. look, charlie, we shouldn't presume that we can control events in this part of the world. i would say, though, that the weakness of the libyan state, the disillusion, the fact that the country was awash with weapons, that parts of this country were very fu fundamentalist, very islamist, those were predictable. as we went in, like secretary powell's pottery barn analogy for iraq, if we break it, we own it. we need to be prepared for the kind of chaos that has followed. if there's any shortcoming it might be in our response to the situation that, frankly, we may have helped to create but would have been inevitable in any way, in any sense. >> should this be a moment of debate about administration policy or is it a ti
we captured more libyans in i q iraq, foreign fighters, than from any other arab country. this is roughly a hot bed of this kind of activity. >> charlie? >> charlie rose in new york. do you consider this -- good morning. >> good morning. >> do you consider this a consequence of a failed policy by the president? >> well, i wouldn't call it a failed policy at all. look, charlie, we shouldn't presume that we can control events in this part of the world. i would say,...
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iraq took revenge. dropping cyanide and mustard gas on its own city. >> this is the austrian border. from here it's less than 50 miles to vee answer a. >> anthony was on the frontlines with refugees looking to escape the iron curtain just months before the fall of the berlin wall. >> caught seven today. >> yes. >> and they're looking for two more. >> yes. >> boris yelts in. >> he witnessed the fall of the soviet union. >> the communist party is really and truly on the run tonight. >> suddenly crude oil, black gold. >> in the '90s, he returned to the u.s. and named senior economics correspondent for cbs news. >> it could only be a matter of weeks before this financial crisis moves from here on wall street to main street. i'm anthony mason. this is a special edition of sunday morning. >> but anthony has also en lightened us with his own passion. >> you have 25 guitars back there. >> there's a lot of guitars and the reason is because there's a lot of different tunings. >> like introducing viewers to music
iraq took revenge. dropping cyanide and mustard gas on its own city. >> this is the austrian border. from here it's less than 50 miles to vee answer a. >> anthony was on the frontlines with refugees looking to escape the iron curtain just months before the fall of the berlin wall. >> caught seven today. >> yes. >> and they're looking for two more. >> yes. >> boris yelts in. >> he witnessed the fall of the soviet union. >> the communist party...
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. >> four years ago i, promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [ applause ] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. and we have. a new tower rises above the new york skyline. al quade is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> he asked for more time to create more jobs and reduce the debt. he accused his republican opponents, mitt romney and paul ryan, of trying to sell platitudes instead of a plan. >> all they have to offer is the same prescriptions that they've had for the last 30 years. have a surplus? try a tax cut. deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> in his freshest attack, mr. obama implied that governor romney was ill-prepared for the world's stage. >> you don't call russia our number one enemy, not al qaeda, russia, unless you're still stuck in cold war mine war. you might not be ready for diplomacy with beijing if you can't visit the olympics without insulting our closest ally. >> he ackno
. >> four years ago i, promised to end the war in iraq. we did. [ applause ] i promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. and we have. a new tower rises above the new york skyline. al quade is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> he asked for more time to create more jobs and reduce the debt. he accused his republican opponents, mitt romney and paul ryan, of trying to sell platitudes instead of a plan. >> all they have to offer is...
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ambassador with roots here in the day iraq is among four people killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in libya this is chris stevens said he grew up in piedmont and had degrees from uc-berkeley and e.c. seems college of law. president obama's told a briefing condemning the attacks and u.s. will work with libya to bring the attackers to justice. the film was produced by an american who is now believed to be in hiding here in the state of california. ,,,,,,,, >>> it is really slow going right now today heading into san francisco produce a serious injury accident involving a big rig. traffic is stacking up. we got the fall of eight chp into lives a block off. what one might be a better option for you. a lot of heavy traffic through the of what passes and livermore. here's weather. >>> lots of sunshine and it in the areas. we have fought pitched in to try valley at 57 degrees. before san jose. ,,,,,, captioning funded by cbs >>> it is 8:00 a.m. in a white house statement minutes ago president obama condemned the attack that killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador in
ambassador with roots here in the day iraq is among four people killed in an attack on the u.s. consulate in libya this is chris stevens said he grew up in piedmont and had degrees from uc-berkeley and e.c. seems college of law. president obama's told a briefing condemning the attacks and u.s. will work with libya to bring the attackers to justice. the film was produced by an american who is now believed to be in hiding here in the state of california. ,,,,,,,, >>> it is really slow...
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the cult in benghazi and they have been doing their deed for the last 10, 15 years since afghanistan, iraq and now around the world. so you got that movement going. you got mainstream islamic groups like muslim brotherhood groups in egypt and other places who are competing for a new place in the political arena that's evolving in these countries that's democraticizing and old pent up grievances against the united states and other western countries. you have three or four things coming together where they are evolving political conditions and people are competing to get public opinions, so these things come together and that's how we should best understand this. >> is this a subset of the arab world or a broad base thing? >> what's interesting you have these demonstrations all over the islamic world, indonesia, nigeria, bangladesh. the movie triggers anger and rage for muslims across the islamic world. in the arab world you have a set of political grievances against the u.s. and europe and other places and these are coming into play now. also deep competition going on now within political i
the cult in benghazi and they have been doing their deed for the last 10, 15 years since afghanistan, iraq and now around the world. so you got that movement going. you got mainstream islamic groups like muslim brotherhood groups in egypt and other places who are competing for a new place in the political arena that's evolving in these countries that's democraticizing and old pent up grievances against the united states and other western countries. you have three or four things coming together...
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this vial with white powder, americans were telling us unless we authorize the use of force against iraq, we would be on the wrong part of history. it turned out to be that there was no anthrax in that vial. >> interesting man. >> charlie, you always have interesting people at the table. i'm always very curious to see who is going. an update on tuesday's story about the search for retired fbi agent robert levinson. he vanished in iran more than five years ago. when we interviewed iran's president he seemed to admit that they're holding levinson and there are on going negotiations for a prisoner swap. on tuesday levinson's wife christine spoke with senior correspondent john miller. >> were you surprised when you heard his comments? in the past he's asked and said much less. >> i was quite surprised but i was also happy to hear it. that means we can actually hopefully resolve bob's case. >> you consider these comments a step forward? >> yes, i do. i do. i hope the iranian government and president ahmadinejad will continue to work to return bob to his family. >> that's a really interesting
this vial with white powder, americans were telling us unless we authorize the use of force against iraq, we would be on the wrong part of history. it turned out to be that there was no anthrax in that vial. >> interesting man. >> charlie, you always have interesting people at the table. i'm always very curious to see who is going. an update on tuesday's story about the search for retired fbi agent robert levinson. he vanished in iran more than five years ago. when we interviewed...
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iraq, the signature weapon system that we hadn't seen before was the ied. we had to adjust to that. here i think the signature attack that we're beginning to see is going to be the insider attack. >> lara, the big question about u.s. troops in afghanistan is the 2014 departure date. will this hasten or delay it? >> well, charlie, he's the commanding general, right? so he's not going to commit himself to anything like that, but you just have to look at the effect that this has had to realize that it can impact on when the troops are coming home. i got a sense even that there was a feeling there was a push for troops to come home even sooner than the end of 2014. but that's a political timetable and a political push more than what is driven by the reality on the battlefield. i think this is such a severe crisis that general allen clearly was in crisis mode doing everything he could to try and bring this under control right now because of the implications not just for the short term training mission but for the long term, how are you going to keep americans there over the long term to
iraq, the signature weapon system that we hadn't seen before was the ied. we had to adjust to that. here i think the signature attack that we're beginning to see is going to be the insider attack. >> lara, the big question about u.s. troops in afghanistan is the 2014 departure date. will this hasten or delay it? >> well, charlie, he's the commanding general, right? so he's not going to commit himself to anything like that, but you just have to look at the effect that this has had to...